MND-B EVENT: 192127
UNIT: 4/2 SBCT 2-12FA
WHO: C/2-23 IN & 2/22/6IA
WHAT: HOAX IED
WHEN: 191720DEC09
WHERE:38SMB 34702 92952
CLOSEST ISF/SoI:
CP NUMBER: CP20
UNIT: 2/22/6 IA
GRID: 38S MB 34610 93050
DISTANCE AND DIRECTION:
132M NW
TIMELINE:
1720: 3/C/2-23 ENROUTE TO VBC FOR CLP ESCORT REPORTS ISF FOUND P-IED (SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE) IVO CP 53A METS/VERNON INTERSECTION MB 34702 92952. TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED UNTIL INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETE BY THE 6IA. USF OFFERED ASSISTANCE AND WERE DECLINED BY IA. 22/6 IA REPORTED THE PIED AS A BLACK OBJECT (BOX OR BAG) UNDER THE BRIDGE. IT WAS IDENITIFIED THAT THE PIED WAS A HOAX IED, A BLACK BOX WITH WIRES HANGING OUT OF THE BOX.
S2 ASSESSMENT:
IT IS ASSESSED THAT NASHIR'S EFP CELL IS MOST LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE(HOAX) FCIED. IN THE LAST 7 DAYS BETWEEN ROUTE TAMPA AND ROUTE SENATORS THERE WERE TWO OTHER EFP'S TARGETING USF/LN. THIS POSSIBLE IED IS MOST LIKELY A WAY TO TEST CF REACTION TIME AND TTP'S. RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A 6-8 DAY WINDOW FOR ATTACKS ALONG THOSE ROUTES
SUMMARY:
1 X HOAX IED
CLOSED 200026